- Okay, so if we look at our reference…of the tableau curtain, you'll see that…it moves from the middle here.…It's kind of constrained here.…And it just has this arcing motion here.…And in the real world, that arcing motion…is achieved by a cable wire…that's threaded through the curtains itself,…and we want to simulate that…so that we can pull our curtain off to the side…and have it cinched over here…and draped on the left and the bottom part right here.…So, we can do that by the creation of a helper object.…

So, by helper object, all I mean is just…a simple piece of geometry…that we can use as a stand in for that cable.…So, I'm going to disable my subdivision surface…and move over to a front view…by hitting f4 on the keyboard.…I'll hit H to frame everything up.…And now I'm going to create a brand new plane.…And here in the Object tab,…first of all I need to change up the orientation…from +y to -z and that'll allow us…to see it facing towards us.…We'll also take the basic tab…and change up the color it's on…and leave that white, so it's…

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A flexible and dynamic 3D cloth simulation is a commonly requested feature in modern motion graphics. Realistic cloth simulations that respond to forces such as wind and gravity can take the visual language to another level. Luckily, CINEMA 4D's cloth system offers a relatively simple toolset to incorporate flags, banners, and other convincing cloth simulations into motion graphics and animations.

Cloth Simulations for Motion Graphics in CINEMA 4D is a project-based learning experience that follows three projects from start to finish: an animated flag blowing in the wind, opening and closing theater curtains, and a cloth-on-object logo reveal. Each project is rich with lessons that artists can adapt and apply to any cloth animation. Author Alan Demafiles will help viewers use the C4D Cloth tag and colliders, attach cloth to other geometry in a scene, loop simulations, correct imperfections with the morph deformer, and apply logos and other patterns to fabric. Start watching to incorporate cloth simulations into your mograph skillset.